<Gwanghwamun Love Song> is a work by Kim Kyung-kyun, installed on a street lamp at the intersection in front of Gwanghwamun City. The artist states the planning intention as “Inducing people to sing songs naturally when reading the texts written in Hangeul on the side they happened to see by chance.”
The actual song lyrics are not about this area, but about Deoksugung Stonewall Road, which is 2 kilometers away. Still, it would be nice to walk there while savoring the lyrics and singing it.
“Everyone has changed without a trace with the passing of time/but still remains on the Deoksugung stone wall road/Lovers walking affectionately/One day we all leave along with the time/but still remain on Jeongdong-gil under the hill/Snow-covered small church/Fragrant flowers of May The scent / When I miss it deeply / The snowy Gwanghwamun intersection / Come back to this place like this / Someday we all leave with the passing of time / But it still remains in Jeongdong-gil under the hill / Small church covered with snow / The fragrant scent of flowers in May / When I miss you deeply / At this snowy Gwanghwamun crossroads / Come back like this / One day we all leave with the passing of time / But it still remains on Jeongdong-gil under the hill / A small church covered with snow.”
Working from 250cm above the pillar, it was attached to the pillar using sheet paper.
<Gwanghwamun Love Song> is a work by Kim Kyung-kyun, installed on a street lamp at the intersection in front of Gwanghwamun City. The artist states the planning intention as “Inducing people to sing songs naturally when reading the texts written in Hangeul on the side they happened to see by chance.”
The actual song lyrics are not about this area, but about Deoksugung Stonewall Road, which is 2 kilometers away. Still, it would be nice to walk there while savoring the lyrics and singing it.
“Everyone has changed without a trace with the passing of time/but still remains on the Deoksugung stone wall road/Lovers walking affectionately/One day we all leave along with the time/but still remain on Jeongdong-gil under the hill/Snow-covered small church/Fragrant flowers of May The scent / When I miss it deeply / The snowy Gwanghwamun intersection / Come back to this place like this / Someday we all leave with the passing of time / But it still remains in Jeongdong-gil under the hill / Small church covered with snow / The fragrant scent of flowers in May / When I miss you deeply / At this snowy Gwanghwamun crossroads / Come back like this / One day we all leave with the passing of time / But it still remains on Jeongdong-gil under the hill / A small church covered with snow.”
Working from 250cm above the pillar, it was attached to the pillar using sheet paper.